A Wendell man wanted in a Johnston County shooting last week that left one person dead and a second wounded has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.
Clemente Hernandez-Mojica, 61, was taken into custody Saturday in Gainesville, Ga., and is awaiting extradition to North Carolina. He faces charges of murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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Antonio Franco, 43, was killed, and Antonia Cisneros, 33, was wounded in a Friday morning shooting in the 11000 block of N.C. Highway 96, south of Zebulon.
Cisneros, a former girlfriend of Hernandez-Mojica and the mother of his children, remains hospitalized, but her condition is stable, authorities said.
The shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Johnston County Sheriff's Office at 919-989-5000.